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tom costello joins us. tom, obviously everybody is worried now that we're getting more and more studies of the brain and figuring out this stuff, whether it's not just pee wee football but now soccer, lacrosse, lots of dangers out there. >> yeah. baseball, basketball, soccer, and here's another statistic that i think a lot of people are surprised at. on the soccer field, boys and girls are evenly split on concussions. and then once women actually play soccer in college, they have a higher rate of concussions. here are the statistics from the centers for disease control. they point out each year emergency rooms tweet 135,000 sports and recreation con suggestions in kids 18 and under. the unreported number is much higher indeed. here's the problem. a hard hit can cause significant damage to the brain, they think. in fact, what they think is that it can actually rupture. the fibers of the brain can rupture against the inside of the skull. it can be very serious. and doctors believe that can lead to headaches,
tom costello joins us. tom, obviously everybody is worried now that we're getting more and more studies of the brain and figuring out this stuff, whether it's not just pee wee football but now soccer, lacrosse, lots of dangers out there. >> yeah. baseball, basketball, soccer, and here's another statistic that i think a lot of people are surprised at. on the soccer field, boys and girls are evenly split on concussions. and then once women actually play soccer in college, they have a higher...
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what can you tell us? >> i can tell you that the current threat of a terror attack in london is considered to be severe. that means the threats of terrorist activity is highly likely. we're not quite at the top level yet, which would be critical. and that would mean a terror threat would be imminent. so in terms of the way people in the uk are reacting, not much has changed in terms of there's no more visible policing. and that's perhaps because we've been in this height end state of alert since january. however if you move across to the continents and compare us to paris, then it's a different story because late last night, the eiffel tower, of course, had its second security alert. it had to be evacuated for the second time in two weeks. that was after a bomb threat which was later considered to be unfounded. that was cleared. that has since been cleared. but in terms of terror threats across europe, well, it's not just england. it's not just france. germany as well is considered to be a target. and if w
what can you tell us? >> i can tell you that the current threat of a terror attack in london is considered to be severe. that means the threats of terrorist activity is highly likely. we're not quite at the top level yet, which would be critical. and that would mean a terror threat would be imminent. so in terms of the way people in the uk are reacting, not much has changed in terms of there's no more visible policing. and that's perhaps because we've been in this height end state of...
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peter alexander joins us live from queens, new york. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. it's going to be up to the national weather service to make the official determination today if a tornado hit in new york city. if it did happen, it would be the second one in three months. but before that it had been three years. let's give you a sense of what some of the damage this morning looks like. ronnie, if you push the camera in, this is the top floor of a three-story apartment building that was really just knocked by these powerful winds in queens yesterday. you can see where the roof was literally peeled off, like the top of a sardine can. a short time ago i spoke to julio, one of 24 people that was forced to relocate from this building after the fact. he told me that he was in that apartment with both his wife, who is seven months pregnant, and her mother. that he was knocked bia table. he was has a big scar on the front of his head where he was hit. fortunately the only injuries throughout this area, with th
peter alexander joins us live from queens, new york. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. it's going to be up to the national weather service to make the official determination today if a tornado hit in new york city. if it did happen, it would be the second one in three months. but before that it had been three years. let's give you a sense of what some of the damage this morning looks like. ronnie, if you push the camera in, this is the top floor of a...
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trust us. this race has been more negative, savannah, than any other major statewide general election in the country. part of the problem, for folks that live in albuquerque, it's a cheap tv market. so a lot of outside groups can spend a lot of money. the cheaper the tv market, the more ads that can show up in there. there have been a ton of them. easyly, maybe the nastiest race in the country. >> it has some competition. it's amazing to see some of these ads. you see why people get so disspirited. all that nastiness on the air waves. >> they work. >> they work. guess what. they're not going to be stopping. we've got five more weeks until the election. >>> coming up, where it was so hot yesterday it didn't just shatter the record. it broke the thermometer. >>> plus, no more tax forms? is it too good to be true? yes. find out how uncle sam is changing how americans pay the tax man. >>> and heartbreak for an american dad fighting to bring his boys back to the united states. we'll tell you what ju
trust us. this race has been more negative, savannah, than any other major statewide general election in the country. part of the problem, for folks that live in albuquerque, it's a cheap tv market. so a lot of outside groups can spend a lot of money. the cheaper the tv market, the more ads that can show up in there. there have been a ton of them. easyly, maybe the nastiest race in the country. >> it has some competition. it's amazing to see some of these ads. you see why people get so...